Yemen calls on GCC to support deteriorating economy – Middle East Monitor


Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak yesterday called on member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to hold an emergency conference to provide economic support to Yemen and help the government deal with the deterioration of the country’s economy.

“We are suffering from economic catastrophe and deteriorating economic and social development indicators in Yemen,” the minister said during the 149th session of the GCC Ministerial Council held in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

The government has called and is still calling for a comprehensive ceasefire as the most important humanitarian step and for negotiations to reach a comprehensive political solution.

“My country has become the first line of defense of the southern gateway to the Arabian Peninsula, and it has paid and is still paying a heavy price…for defending Yemeni Arabism and confronting the Iranian project,” he said. he declares.

The minister also called for Yemeni expatriate workers to be given priority within the GCC, as they play a central role in supporting the country’s economy.

Impoverished Yemen has been plagued by violence and chaos since 2014, when the Houthis overran much of the country, including the capital, Sanaa. The crisis escalated in 2015 when a Saudi-led military coalition launched a devastating air campaign aimed at rolling back Houthi territorial gains.

The war, in which the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) back the Saudi-led coalition, has claimed the lives of more than 233,000 Yemenis and left 80 percent of the population – around 30 million people – dependent on aid to survive, according to UN data.

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